Paper-clip



(No Model.) I I P. A. RUGG-LES; PAPER OLIP.

No. 417,445.- Patented Dec. 17, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK A. RUGGLES, OF THREE RIVERS, MASSACHUSETTS.

PAPER-CLIP.

SPECIFICATION Application filed June 25, 1889. Serial No. 315,494. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK A. RUGGLES, of Three Rivers, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Paper-Clips, of which the'following is a full, clear, and exact description. v

My invention relates to an improvement in Wall-pockets, and has for its object to provide a paper-clip of simple and durable construction, capable of being formed from a single piece of wire, if desirable; and the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in which the figure represents a perspective view of the complete Wall-pocket.

The device is preferably formed from a single piece of spring-wire, bent upon itself to form an essentially U-shaped back frame 10, in the upper or bow section of which frame, at each side of the center, a loop 11 is formed, the said loop being constructed, preferably, by bending the wire upward upon itself at an angle to the said bow-section.

At the lower ends or extremities of the members of the back frame the wire is wound upon a suitable mandrel to form coilsprings 12, and after the springs have been formed the ends of the wire are carried perpendicularly upward from the outerend of the coil to within a short distance of the upper end of the back frame 10, and from thence the said ends are carried inward horizontally toward each other, forming a second, front, essentially U-shaped frame 13, somewhat wider than the frame 10. The ends of the wire where they abut may be attached in any suitable or approved manner, and to the united ends a knob or link I 14 is secured, adapted to form a hand-hold by which to open the front frame from the back frame. When a link is employed, as illustrated, the said link is preferably soldered to the upper or bow section, of the front U-frame, as illustrated at 15in the drawing. The link or knob extends horizontally outward at a right angle to the said bow-section of the forward frame.

If in practice it is found desirable, instead of attaching a link or knob to the front frame, the ends of the wire, after having been united, may be carried outward and inward toward each other to form an integral link.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent- 1. As an improved article of manufacture, a paper-clip comprising a front and a back essentially inverted-U-shaped frame united at the lower end by a coil-spring and having loops formed in the upper or bow section of the back frame, substantially as shown and described.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a paper-clip constructed of a single piece of spring metal and comprising a front and a rear essentially inverted- U -shaped frame, the front frame being the wider, a coil-spring uniting the lower extremities of the several members of the frames, and loops formed in the upper or bow section of the rear frame, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. As an improved article of manufacture, a paper-clip constructed of a single piece of spring metal, comprising a' rear and a front essentially inverted-U-shaped frame, coiled springs uniting the extremities of the members of the said frames, loops formed in the upper or bow section of the rear frame, and a handle secured to or integral with the upper or how section of the front frame, substantially as and for the purpose specified. FRANK A. RUGGLES. Witnesses:

GEORGE ROBINSON, JOHN W. J AOKSON. 

